Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-15
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Grace Church lute before the hour for
| morning serv &c. The scElDn, Il police cap
| tain. Two !ieUtenans, one SER cant, three
PLAIN policemen, aad a constable managed 10
eaten him just before the congregation as
! led.
GEORGE FROST. a rich citizen of Cairo,
has worn the same hat for twenty-six years.
! The other day, while lie WIS getting shaved,
| some one stole 1t and put a new one in its
place. ana Dir. Frost got out warrants for
! four or i've persons, paid q private dctec I'VE
| SO to work mp the case, and VIII do his best
| to teach his neghDors to mind their own busl-
| ness,
THE carriage and harness manufacturers
OF Portland justly and forcibly protest against
| the apparent comm ndation OF convict labor
| Oy GOV. Bodwe !, of Maine. II is, indeed, de-
! porab'e that State should pursue policy
| so short-sighjed and Unfair "a that which
| cOmpeis honest manufacturers and mechanics
outside of prison TO compete with rasCals
! within.
MISS KATHERINE KGDDER, the young actress
who has been playing Robert McCreery'' in
Held by the Enemy" refused to play or
Sunday evening last, in Chicago, on the
ground OF con centious objection. and was
| -ummarlly released from her connection with
| the company. Her friends in Chicago ana
some Of the newspapers are ontspoken against
SUNDAY theatrical performances and lG de-
ieuse OF Miss Kldder's cOu SC.
of Hartford, Ind, agreed tina thereafter they
would have all property and business in com
mon. This life partnership has never been
dissolved; indeed. it Is said that the brothers
have never had the slightest mlsuuder. tnnd-
ing, and to-day they are rich and highly es-
| teemei by a who know them. Their prop
ert IS absolutely thu property of both. they
never give any but JOINT notes. they never
! contract debt that is not equally budding
| upon each, aud they are rare examples of
| happiness and prosperity.
WoNG AFoO, the bright-eyed China lad
whom Mrs. Langtry brought east from san
! Francisco two years ago, has returned home,
| and has already been Int rvewed by the san
| Francisco Chron Gle. which SAYS: NV hen
| the duties of the stage required Mrs. Lang
| try's presence Wong AfOO went to the thea
| trIe. but in what connection his duties were
| uuilZed ID the green room W onS Is not will
ing to state, neither will he life the veil which
| ensarOuds the Lly's surroundings. The boy
! VINO IS about Is wears OF age, Is now engaged
pursuing his stu dies 4 far different aJm0s-
pheTe than that in winch ne was accustomed
20 IN The LIly's residence in New York City"
AT the regular Monday meeting of the
| Methodist ministers of Baltimore there was a
ong and heated discussion over the 70 low
| ing resolution: "HaEisg read in the daily
papers that some ladies of the city are max
| ing arraug' ments for charity ball to raise
| funds for the poor; therefore, be it resolved
! thar we hereby dec'deiy condemn sucH
met hpds, q q nope the ladies will hPrp2ft or
abandon them" After much talk TINS reso-
| luton was defeated and much mider one
was substituted, stating that the meeting was
! oppo sea TO ball and dane 8, and requesting
idc ministers to ask their members lot to
| take part in any held in the name OF charity
JORDAN B. NOBLE, the drummer boy at the
battle of New Orleans in 1918, and the veteran
of the Mexican war, is now 81 years of age,
and SO inlrm that he can hardly leave his
| house. ait was his custom for mary wears. -
| saws the New Orleans cayuue, TO cal on
| all the civil and military authorities of the
state on New Years cav, present his card
| and seTer ade them with fife and drum. This
year he could not stir, but from the brink OF
| the grave SEN out his wishes for q happy
wear to ms friends old Jordan is now iiv-
Ing al b52 south Basin street, unable to SUD-
| port hlmse /. ana waiting calmly or the sum-
! mons 10 ION The great host which has gone
| before"
A POWDER that is composed chiefly OF phos
phorous, and designed to supplant ordinary
gunpowder Tor stage purposes, has been de
| vised Dy New YORK inventor. who, as a test
| of It's quail ties placed himself in the midst of
2 dozen or more ''supers" at theatre a dav
or Wo ago, and permitted Them TO b aze a,vav
at him with their muskets on 2 few inches
from his head. 1t IS put up in cartridges ,
thn tnat when discharged The = hole charg
! completely disappears. No trace of 10 can be
| found. The reporl Is described as being as
| loud, the flame as vivid and the smoke anna
rcntS as dense as that of Ordinary gunpow-
| der, but 1t has the advantage Of giving forth
| no Cdor.
WHAT is called wonder ball" Is stated BY
| the II usehold Magazine" to be I! newly i'm
ported ianc, from Germany. The friends Of
! the recipient Of the ball each purchase a GER
tain modicum Of bri Sht wool of various coIors
! Then one makes small present or writes q
| shurt n lie OF god " lshcs and w nd. her nor
ton Of yarn upon It. The successive "a t. are
! then IIetO-eb IN layer after laver OF The wool
| until lie ban 10 finished and al, the gifts are
! included IN the package one at a time. each
| interviewer with lis concCaling web Of
! thr ads. No" comes the charm. The re-
celyer is requested oknit from that BAH or to
crochet any article she may choose 10 fix
upon, and not by any chance unwind ii a
! Y IN except as the wOrk progresses. IL Is
| Ike undoing long Christmas stocking with
| present, IN II down TO the very toe, And SO,
! what 4 stimulus To- iadusiry! Curiosity v,lil
| grow stronger a. ea,h gift appears, and the
! work l. pretty certain 10 be swift and soon
! com ploted.
NOT many, probably. are aware that the
| famous "Stars and stripes" OF the United
states are of English origin. The Fast and
| West junction hallway Company have pub
| lished a novel guide, illustrated bv photo
graphs, under the title OF "Shakpspeare,.
! Country and The Ancestral Home OF the WASH
| lngtons." which speaks of Sulgrave as 1.-THE
ancestral home OF the Washington family
| from whom sprang the renowned Father Of
| his COuptry,' George Washington. first Prasi-
| dent If the United States, and from whose
coat of arms, still TO be seen in the val age me
! American uauner-the famous Stars and
! > irIpes'-took its origin, lies abort
| three miles to the sou Invest of Morton Ping.
ney. in a secluded valley on the left hand side
| Of the road leading TO Banbury. . inst
| outside the village, standing about two hc tls
| back from the road, IS the ancient manor
! house erected by Laurence Washington about
| the year 1860. st bear Nc on the spandrils of
| the outer porch his coat OF arms, tho stars
! and Stripes inscribed on a shield, with his
! crest, u raven above It,"
ANNA JUDIC's revival Of "La Belle Helenep
| in Paris reminds the World of London that
the original belle Helene" and unrivsled
queen Of OGenOachan opera boune. the beau
tiful Mile, Hortense Schneider, is living at
/ Passy with her son, who bears the title of
! Prince de Tallevrand, thanks TO a curious
! bargain made by the mother years ago. Once
| upon a time schneider fell IN love with a tel
! low actor, and there was born to them n hoy
! soon after this, a Young Tallevrand, aged iG
| came to court the beautiful Horlepse One
! day the youngster got into dlhicultles AMI
asked schneider 10 lend him $40 OlO VERY
! good" replied Schneider, service for aervicr.
recognize my child with the due lcva forma
| tiles, and w lend you the money" The
do uments were forthwith drawn up and the
! boy was recognized by the young Tallpyrund
as his son. Naturally the family heard OF tho
| ailair. and legal proceedings were insiituted